Landscape near the River RhineSigned lower left and lower centreOil on panel, 91.1 x 154.5 cmNote:Little is known of Claes Jansz. van Willigen, who probably lived in Rotterdam his entire life. He appears to have produced a small corpus of landscape paintings, especially German Rhine-landscapes such as the present work, which is one of the few signed examples.The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam has a similar work by Claes Jansz. Van Willigen, dated 1665, in their collection (acc.no. 1983 OK). Just as the present lot, this painting depicts the Rhine landscape with boats, passers-by, village scenes, and in the background, a mountainous landscape.* Condition report available upon request